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The Joker in Vegas
Joker161:
It"s that time of year again. Off to Vegas on Sunday. I"ll post the usual on here.
Excited!
Joker161:
Sunday 3rd July
Flight fine. Film catch up as usual. Started with Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. Decent. Then Anomolisa. Odd, but quite good. Then some trash movie called How to be Single, or something like that. Total toilet film, but vaguely entertaining. No queue at immigration which was impressive. I"m staying at the Mirage this year. Very nice rooms, but then they should be at the price. It said £800 when I booked with bookingdotcom, but with the annoying resort fee apparently I"ll be paying around $1,500 for the nine nights. Hmm. Off to explore now, and perhaps buy in for tomorrow"s Venetian event.
Joker161:
Played some $1/$2 cash at the Venetian. Odd session. Very reluctantly put down QQ on a jack high board after a raise on the turn. The villain then proceeded to play awfully, including calling down all streets with T2 twice against me. The QQ was probably good! I then stacked someone with KK on a KT8 board. The poor bloke had a ten and the turn was a ten. He goes all-in and I snap. I then get carried away with quite a big bluff on the river. It almost got through but the villain found a call. Ended up $50 up and then went to Bouchon for some dinner. It"s now 8.20pm, so 4.20am really. I assume I"ll have the usual sleep problems tonight. I met a woman at dinner also dinning on her own. She mentioned the Aria turbo tomorrow that feeds into a $1mn guarantee. Might have to look into that.
Joker161:
Monday 4th July
Woke up feeling relatively refreshed with light streaming in through the crack in the curtains. I"ve finally managed to sleep through on my first night in Vegas after all these years! I look at the clock radio on the bedside table and it"s 2.20am. Oh dear. The light was from some spotlights on the roof of the main casino building. I read the Sunday papers on the iPad and it"s not making me feel tired. Finally try and sleep a bit at about 3.30am but it"s not really happening. At 5am I get Wimbledon on the TV and then have breakfast at 7am. Decision made - I"m going to try the WPT event at the Aria. It"s 15k in chips and 20 minute blinds. Not ideal, but I am used to this from the Rendezvous in Brighton, and the $1mn guarantee is too tempting. Also, if you make Day 2 the blinds revert to one hour. Fingers crossed!
Des:
Very best of luck with your trip Joe. Looking forward to reading of your adventures....
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